Worlds longest tv programme

[Stephenite]

If you haven't got owt better to do:

Hurtigruten LIVE! (Let me know if the link doesn't work outside of Norway)


Live coverage of the ferry (or cruise ship for foreigners) that plies up and down the norwegian coast.

134 hours (yep it's even longer than the cricket!) of stunning and unadulterated scenery.

It's really rather good.

 

[Stephenite]

Update:


The boat has just come into port. Not sure which port yet. Someone giving out tickets in english. At this time!? Vehicle doors locked (no Free Herald this, sorry).

 

[Stephenite]

A bit of coming and going on the gangplank still.

Doors locked now.

Gangplank raised.

Moving off now.

 

[Stephenite]

I've just discovered that the video isn't available to anyone outside of norway. That leaves Dayvo, P Dalen and my good self (as the Norwegian contingent of cyclechat) to keep everyone updated.


The last port may have been Flora.



Venter på inspill...

 

[Stephenite]

For those of you unfortunate enough to be outside of Norway:-

picture a calm sea; the wind raising the kindest of wavelets; heading west and north towards a prawn-coloured sunset/sunrise; fingers and spots of black ink at the horizon suggest the land to be avoided; deep, mid-blue where the sky is not prawn. A white bow inviting further progress.

 

[Stephenite]

Ship ahoy!

A cargo vessel has just steamed across our path. Probably carrying nothing interesting but stone or gravel.

 

[Stephenite]

Course is due north.

 

[Stephenite]

We'll be catching the first rays of sunshine soon. But for this intrepid explorer it's time for bed (as i've been reliably informed) (I've also been informed the wine is for the guests at the weekend and not

 

[Bayerd]

We'll be catching the first rays of sunshine soon. But for this intrepid explorer it's time for bed (as i've been reliably informed) (I've also been informed the wine is for the guests at the weekend and not

Shame, as we can't see this in the UK we're relying on you to describe what's happening.....

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

What a pity, my Parents did the Hurtigruten Cruise in February there and I'd have loved to have seen it.

What boat is it??

 

[Bayerd]

What a pity, my Parents did the Hurtigruten Cruise in February there and I'd have loved to have seen it.

What boat is it??

Didn't they take a vid?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Didn't they take a vid?

Just still photographs, which, if you knew my parents you would know comprise mainly of seabirds, local dogs and pictures of each other

 

[Fnaar]

Can someone start a Facebook campaign to have this streamed live to the uk please? Look out, iceberg!

 

[Stephenite]

The MS Nordnorge has just left Ålesund, which is often called Norway's most beautiful city. Heading east and inland towards, i believe, Geiranger. This is, of course, the village at the head of the UNESCO world heritage site, Geirangerfjord.

Try this link - http://www.nrk.no/hurtigruten/

 

[Stephenite]

Incidentally, has anyone seen the british 1980's mini-series 'Mælstrom'? A crime/thriller set in Ålesund featuring a lot of english actors pretending to be norwegain. Quite good apart from that bit.